Yeah, can we have a "Dishonorable but unavoidable reasons" thread for when you're not really making excuses because you actually really wanted to ride? If not I'll just have to go here.

Industry Networking Event of Joy last night, suits all swanned off to Lamont's or wherever in their Audis afterward leaving a great big banner and sack full of abandoned company-themed trinkets for me to schlep home, Office of Schmooze needed the banner back first thing on pain of death. And it's such a nice day too

got out of bed too late yesterday to make the cycle in to work/shower/get to desk on time. was regretting it not long after I got on a train with fixed windows and useless airconditioning. Would much rather have been sweating on the bike than in the squashy carriage.

Saturday morning my right hip was giving me grief. I cut my usual long weekend ride into half. Has remained fairly sore since and am spoiling myself with some limping, reduced activity generally, ice packs and NSAIDs. I am thinking (hoping) it was from some lunges I did without concentration as I would hate to see something chronic coming long or having surgery or long recovery time.

I have Monday at home and I will be using public transport a lot more over the next several days.

I'm giving my knees a rest. I rode Donna Buang at the end of January and had sore knees the next day. Last week on the commute home I got a bit of knee pain on the way home, and it flared up on the way home from Kinglake on Sunday morning, and on the commute home last night.

Didn't do my normal river loop or commute this morning. My wife cracked it at me last night when I put the alarm on for 4:30. Something along the lines of you're not going out in this rain, don't be stupid. So, anyway, had a late night and slept thru til 7am! Must have needed it. As it was still pouring rain, I drove the kids to school and I caught the bus to work. I will try again tomorrow!

Bleah, laid low for 2 days with some horrible lurgy. Am intending to struggle in to work tomorrow, but as I get light headed walking from one end of the house to the other, think I might have to take the bus. Bleah !!

Drove in today due to combination of laziness, resentfulness at not having got my leave app in before the rest of my dept, and needing to do a grocery haul bigger than the panniers.

I think the universe is punishing me though; I innocently sat down on the grass in the courtyard with my lunch and halfway to the ground my quad went bang Had the wheat bag on it all afternoon and made a few gentle attempts to stretch it out and it seems to be settling down. Humph!

Lizzy wrote:Drove in today due to combination of laziness, resentfulness at not having got my leave app in before the rest of my dept, and needing to do a grocery haul bigger than the panniers.

I think the universe is punishing me though; I innocently sat down on the grass in the courtyard with my lunch and halfway to the ground my quad went bang Had the wheat bag on it all afternoon and made a few gentle attempts to stretch it out and it seems to be settling down. Humph!

I don't often read this Excuses Thread, but Hey Girlfriend 'you lost me"I have no idea what you just wrote. maybe I am just to ethinic to get it.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.Speak your mind,Those that mind dont matter, Those that matter dont mind!!

Hmm, ok maybe that was a little stream-of-consciousness ... To break it down a bit: the one day of the week I lamed out of riding to work due to poor planning, I pull a muscle doing something completely routine. Hmm. Even less interesting than it sounded the first time ... I'll get my coat ------>